Islamic State posts pictures of Christian women threatening that they will become sex slaves if ransom is not paid

Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or killing them, as well as enslaving them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4)” — Abu’l-Hasan al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah (The Laws of Islamic Governance), trans. by Dr. Asadullah Yate, (London), Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd., 1996, p. 192.

“ISIS post pictures of ‘Christian women kidnapped in Syria threatening that they will become sex slaves if ransom is not paid,'” by Jay Akbar, Mailonline, August 15, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Disturbing images which have appeared online could be of three Assyrian Christian women ISIS abducted in February.

In three ‘leaked’ images shared on social media, the women hold pieces of paper on which their names and a date – July 27, 2015 – are written.

It is feared this means they will be sold to ISIS fighters if their families or charities do not pay ransom for their release, although no figure appears on the signs they hold.

On Tuesday, ISIS released 22 of more than 220 Christians they snatched from several Assyrian farming communities it raided in Iraq’s north-eastern Hassakeh province, Syria, earlier this year.

The Assyrian Federation of Sweden has told MailOnline the women’s surnames resemble those of families who lived in the region, although they cannot completely verify they are Christians.

It also said the theory of them being ransomed off to fund ISIS is plausible but, once again, difficult to confirm.

One woman stands over her young daughter holding a sign which reads Susan Elias along with the date July 27, 2015.

The second, who is alone, is called Hannaa Assaf Youssef. The third woman is surrounded by what appears to be her own three children but the writing on the sign could not be made out accurately.

‘The names resemble the family names of people in a nearby village – Tel Jazire – so it is possible that these women could be from Assyrian villages but we cannot confirm that,’ a source at the Assyrian Federation of Sweden said.

MailOnline’s source, who is herself from the Assyrian village of Tel Shamiram, added: ‘These names are names you find in Assyrian villages.’

Regarding the women being ransomed, the Federation said: ‘It is a theory and it makes sense but we can not 100 per cent say that this will happen.’

Their images have emerged at the same time as a suspected ISIS video, thought to be filmed on July 17, which features eight kidnapped Assyrian men. Each one reads out his name and the village they were from.

The Assyrian Federation of Sweden, who translated the Arabic video for MailOnline, were certain these men were among more than 200 Assyrian Christians abducted by ISIS around the Khabur River region in February.

Its spokesman Afram Yakoub said: ‘They state their names in the video and we have a list of the hostages so we can clearly see they are one of them.

‘No ISIS fighter appears in the video but the last man clearly says we call on the international community to secure our release but he does not say anything about ransom.’

Their health and general appearance suggest, as ISIS have claimed, that they have not been harmed.

Islamic State fighters have abducted and sexually abused hundreds of women from northern Iraq’s Yazidi community since it raided their villages last year.

But captured Christians and Jews have enjoyed more protection from the fighters because they regard them as ‘People of the Book’.

The terror group may now have changed that stance, according to a recent New York Times interview with an abused Yazidi girl.

The vile ISIS fighter who raped the 12-year-old girl allegedly told her that ‘what he was about to do was not a sin’ because she ‘practiced a religion other than Islam’.

ISIS also made clear in a 34-page manual released by its ‘Research and Fatwa Department’ that sex with Christians and Jews who were ‘captured in battle’ was also allowed….

Not funny. Mohammed had Jewish concubines as well. According to Muslim legend, Mohammed was poisoned by Jewish woman, but I believe the legend is false and shifts blame of Mohammed’s murder from his evil followers Abu Bakr and Omar who actually murdered Mohammed and seized control of the Death Cult.

I guess it’s better to laugh than to cry, but probably not so funny to the poor abductees, i.e., the Christian girls soon to be sex slaves….(I mean, who believes these muz-pigs would actually ever release these girls, even IF a ‘ransom’ is paid?) And I couldn’t agree more, ‘mort’, islamic “history” is replete with fabrications and lies that only serve to support the pedophile false “prophet”!

Just let them try that with JEWISH women…they’d be shamed and nagged into converting to Jusaiism. Already circumcized so no pain for the gain!
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Is this supposed to be a “satirical” jibe at Jewish women supposedly being nags?

Notice that this creep has no trouble sneering at potential victims of Muslim rape, but has nothing critical to say about Muslim rapists themselves.

And his implication that Muslims don’t rape Jewish victims is, of course, utter rot–from Safiyya raped by the “Prophet” after he murdered her husband, father, and brothers to more recent victims, Muslims have long used Jewish women as sex slaves.

There is even a Muslim term for them: a Jewish or Christian sex slave is a “Kitabiyya”.

But captured Christians and Jews have enjoyed more protection from the fighters because they regard them as ‘People of the Book’.

Try telling that to the Christians that couldn’t afford to pay jizyia… As for Jews, what did the islamic state said regarding Israel? Something about uprooting them, I believe? Oh, and Hamas as well – the islamic state considers they’re slacking on the job and overall not being muslim enough.

I hate to say it but, at least from the stories we are seeing here, the Christians are not even fighting back. Thus here is their fate.These chChristians, if they plan to stay in those Islamic hell holes need to start acting like those in the Central African Republic and wholesale slaughter these assholes. They may get killed in the process but I think that would be a much better way yo go than at the whim and mercy of theses barbarian followers of a child molester prophet.

I hate to say it but, at least from the stories we are seeing here, the Christians are not even fighting back. Thus here is their fate.These chChristians, if they plan to stay in those Islamic hell holes need to start acting like those in the Central African Republic and wholesale slaughter these assholes.
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Christians make up *80%* of the population of the Central African Republic–Muslims make up around 15%.

Whereas, currently, Christians make up about 2% of the population of Iraq, and about 5% of the population of Syria. There are even fewer in the direct path of ISIS, as most Christians who are able flee.

Moreover, the first thing ISIS has done is massacre Christian and Yazidi men and boys.

This may not be your intent, but this means that you are blaming a tiny and traumatized remnant of Christian women for their own enslavement.

Actually, some of the Assyrian Christian men have formed a militia and *are* doing their level best to try to defend each other and their families.

However, they are 1/ hopelessly outnumbered 2/ poorly equipped – NOBODY is helping, advising or arming them, so far as I know and 3/ so far as I know, they do not have an obvious and defensible territory to seize and hold.

If Russia and America had any sense at all, the *Assyrian Christians*, along with the Yazidis, are the *only* group to which they would be offering arms and advisers. Big time.

Agreed, DDA. And Syria used to have quite a few Christian militias willing to defend their own towns and villages in Syria, but all too many of them have been forced to flee (or worse) since the bloody Sunni supremacist “Arab Spring” began there.

Islamic State posts pictures of Christian women threatening that they will become sex slaves if ransom is not paid

Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or killing them, as well as enslaving them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them…
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I think there may be another factor here, as well–one we have heard of many times lately regarding kidnap victims: that of demanding a ransom many times that of what anyone locally could *possibly* pay. For instance, the ransom demanded for one Christian kidnap victim exceeded what his entire village earned in two years, When the village was unable to raise the ransom, the victim was murdered.

But to what extent did the kidnappers *ever expect* the victim’s family and friends to raise such a ransom?

I think in many cases these ransom demands are meant to do nothing but increase the anguish and unearned guilt of the victim’s loved ones, who will always wonder if they couldn’t have found *some* way to raise the ransom.

In most cases, the victim would likely have been enslaved or murdered anyway.

“Days ago, for example, Copts held a funeral for Wahid Jacob, a young Christian deacon who used to serve in St. John the Baptist Church, part of the Qusiya diocese in Asyut, Egypt. He was kidnapped on August 21 by “unknown persons” who demanded an exorbitant ransom from his impoverished family””1,200,000 Egyptian pounds (equivalent to $171,000 USD). Because his family could not raise the sum, he was executed””his body dumped in a field where it was later found. The priest who conducted his funeral service said that the youth’s body bore signs of severe torture…”

Graven, I most strongly concur with your assessment. The tactic of demanding an exorbitant ransom belies the true intent of ISIS to murder or sell the captive. Sadly, the family and friends know this immediately, which only exacerbates their fear, hopelessness, and guilt. Indeed, preposterous as it might sound, should such an amount be collected, in most cases, the captive will not be released. As a JW reader on another thread stated, ISIS does not operate under the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols. ISIS, nor any of other Islamic terror organization, has no prisoners of war, an obvious omission from every news article I have ever read about Islamic atrocities.

Graven, I just read the article at the link you provided and am torn between sorrow for the victims and their families while being enraged with the murderers. I also read the comments to that article. There were two: yours and EYESOPEN’s. Both were right on target!

For EYESOPEN: I read the letter you planned to disseminate — provided as a comment to the article entitled, “Egypt: Christians Killed for Ransom” (Raymond Ibrahim, September 5, 2013). Absolutely superb! My question is this: Did you receive a response from those religious leaders to whom you distributed this letter?

Indeed, preposterous as it might sound, should such an amount be collected, in most cases, the captive will not be released.
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This is true, Cecilia. In one recent case I read about–sorry, I cannot find the link now–one Christian family actually was able to raise one of these exorbitant ransoms with help from extended family, community, and church in the United States. The ransom was taken by the kidnappers; the victim was murdered anyway and later found dumped by the side of the road.

More:

Graven, I just read the article at the link you provided and am torn between sorrow for the victims and their families while being enraged with the murderers.
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“This is true, Cecilia. In one recent case I read about–sorry, I cannot find the link now–one Christian family actually was able to raise one of these exorbitant ransoms with help from extended family, community, and church in the United States. The ransom was taken by the kidnappers; the victim was murdered anyway and later found dumped by the side of the road.”

Raymond Ibrahim spoke of such cases in Egypt – the family somehow manages to come up with the ransom money and the victim is killed just the same.

It seems that this religious outfit is proud of the level of debasement that they have reached. These women may as well be our daughters, sisters, mothers, wives or neighbours; we need to care for them that much in order to prod ourselves out of this cursed inertia and into a real mobilisation.

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